Everyone living under the social contract we call democracy has a duty to act responsibly, to obey the laws, and to abandon certain types of self-interested behaviors that conflict with the general good.
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Democracy is a daring concept - a hope that we'll be best governed if all of us participate in the act of government. It is meant to be a conversation, a place where the intelligence and local knowledge of the electorate sums together to arrive at actions that reflect the participation of the largest possible number of people.
Democracy is just a reflection of our morals and the things that we believe.
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.
Democracy belongs to those who exercise it.
Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
Democracy functions best when we have an active citizenry.
And they understand that to be an effective member of a democracy, you have to accept responsibility.
The word democracy has no meaning. Duty has gone. Only rights remain.
Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.